A CHIPPENDALE PAINTED AND DECORATED BLANKET CHEST

细节

A CHIPPENDALE PAINTED AND DECORATED BLANKET CHEST
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1782

The rectangular top with applied molded edge centering a red painted astrigal reserve, the underside inscribed "Christian Eterly, 1782" in red chalk, opening to a compartment fitted with a lidded till, the dovetailed case with an applied frieze of four pilasters and three recessed arches, the reserves painted and decorated with red floral motifs on a white ground, the center panel inscribed "ANNO 1782" over a molded base, the case sides fitted with wrought iron handles, on castors--23¾in. high, 51¼in. wide, 25in. deep

来源

Collection of David M. Musselman, Munell, Pennsylvania
Hattie Brunner, May 12, 1975

拍品专文

A hand written note signed by George W. Scott Jr. and dated May 14, 1975 reads: From the David M. Musselman Collection, Munell (near Ephrata) Pa. . . . Absolutely no repairs, restorations of redecorations.

With its applied pilasters and painted recessed panels, this chest is characteristic of hinge-top chests made in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Both the architectonic frieze and the decorated panels are derived from early European furniture designs introduced into Germany from Italy during the 16th century and were popular among German immigrants who settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Other features which attribute this chest to Lancaster County are the wrought iron strap hinges and grab lock. This chest is in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Decorative Arts Photographic Collectio, no. A related example attributed to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is in the Winterthur collection and is illustrated in Scott T. Swank, Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans (New York, 1983), p.137, fig. 81